Magistrate - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈmædʒɪstreɪt|
Brit.
|ˈmædʒɪstrət|
noun
- a lay judge or civil authority who administers the law (especially one who conducts a court dealing with minor offenses)
Extra examples
...chose to take their case before the local magistrate...
She was given a caution by the magistrate.
If the chief magistrate's a man and not a dummy.
He was brought up before a magistrate, charged with dangerous driving.
Campbell was hauled up in front of the magistrate.
Hugh was summoned to appear before the magistrate.
The magistrate issued a warrant for his arrest.
Word forms
noun
singular: magistrate
plural: magistrates
singular: magistrate
plural: magistrates
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